WOODSON v. STATE

No. CR 90-25.

786 S.W.2d 120 (1990)

302 Ark. 10

Larry WOODSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Val P. Price, Jonesboro, for appellant.

Sandra Bailey Moll, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


DUDLEY, Justice.

Appellant, who has three (3) prior convictions, was caught in possession of a pistol. Subsequently, he was charged with, and convicted of, being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was found guilty and sentenced as an habitual offender. The Court of Appeals certified the case to us. We affirm.

At trial, the court ruled that the State could use appellant's prior conviction to prove the first element of the crime (that appellant was a felon...

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